Preferential trade agreements: what lessons for small island economies in the Indian Ocean ?

Les accords commerciaux préférentiels: quels enseignements pour les petites économies insulaires de l’océan Indien ?

Didier Laurent ()
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Didier Laurent: CEMOI - Centre d'Économie et de Management de l'Océan Indien - UR - Université de La Réunion

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Abstract: The aim of this paper is to estimate the impact of the regional trade agreements (RTAs) of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) on bilateral trade flows between SIDS and other member countries at the aggregated and disaggregated level over the period 1962–2014. This approach allows us to compare these effects between states in Indian ocean and other SIDS. We focused our estimates on raw materials due to their strong concentration in the trade specialization of most SIDS. We find a heterogeneous effect of these regional trade agreements on intra-zone trade flows for SIDS. These results vary depending on the type of trade agreement (non-reciprocal, reciprocal), the stage of development of trading partners (North-South, South-South), and the products in question.

Keywords: Preferential agreements; trade; island economies; Accords préférentiels; commerce; économies insulaires (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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Published in Carnets de Recherches de l'océan Indien, 2022, 8, pp.71-89. ⟨10.26171/carnets-oi_0804⟩

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DOI: 10.26171/carnets-oi_0804

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